Cryptogam (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
Cryptogamiae (pl. ) of Cryptogamia
Cryptogamia (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
Cryptogamian (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous
Cryptogamic (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous
Cryptogamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.
Cryptogamist (n.) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
Cryptogram (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
Cryptographal (a.) Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical.
Cryptographer (n.) One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.
Cryptographic (a.) Alt. of Cryptographical
Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.
Cryptographist (n.) Same as Cryptographer.
Cryptography (n.) The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.
Cryptology (n.) Secret or enigmatical language.
Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Cryptopine (n.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
Crypturi (n. pl.) An order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou.
Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
Crystal (n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.
Crystal (n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case.
Crystal (n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
Crystal (a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
Crystallin (n.) See Gobulin.
Crystalline (a.) Consisting, or made, of crystal.
Crystalline (a.) Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.
Crystalline (a.) Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
Crystalline (a.) Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
Crystalline (n.) A crystalline substance.
Crystalline (n.) See Aniline.
Crystallite (n.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.
Crystallizable (a.) Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.
Crystallization (n.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
Crystallization (n.) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
Crystallized (imp. & p. p.) of Crystallize
Crystallizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crystallize
Crystallize (v. t.) To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
Crystallize (v. i.) To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.
Crystallogenic (a.) Alt. of Crystallogenical
Crystallogenical (a.) Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.
Crystallogeny (n.) The science which pertains to the production of crystals.
Crystallographer (n.) One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.
Crystallographic (a.) Alt. of Crystallographical
Crystallographical (a.) Pertaining to crystallography.
Crystallographically (adv.) In the manner of crystallography.
Crystallography (n.) The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.
Crystallography (n.) A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
Crystalloid (a.) Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.
Crystalloid (n.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.
Crystalloid (n.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.
Cristallology (n.) The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.
Crystallomancy (n.) Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.
Crystallometry (n.) The art of measuring crystals.
Crystallurgy (n.) Crystallization.
Ctenocyst (n.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.
Ctenoid (a.) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale
Ctenoid (a.) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei.
Ctenoid (n.) A ctenoidean.
Ctenoidean (a.) Relating to the Ctenoidei.
Ctenoidean (n.) One of the Ctenoidei.
Ctenoidei (n. pl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.
Ctenophora (n. pl.) A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.
Ctenophore (n.) One of the Ctenophora.
Ctenophoric (a.) Alt. of Ctenophorous
Ctenophorous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora.
Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.
Cub (n.) A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
Cub (n.) Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
Cubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cub
Cubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cub
Cub (v. t. & i.) To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.
Cub (n.) A stall for cattle.
Cub (n.) A cupboard.
Cub (v. t.) To shut up or confine.
Cuban (a.) Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.
Cuban (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.
Cubation (n.) The act of lying down; a reclining.
Cubatory (a.) Lying down; recumbent.
Cubature (n.) The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
Cubby (n.) Alt. of Cubbyhole
Cubbyhole (n.) A snug or confined place.
Cubdrawn (a.) Sucked by cubs.
Cube (n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
Cube (n.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
Cubed (imp. & p. p.) of Cube
Cubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cube
Cube (v. t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
Cubeb (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.
Cubebic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs).
Cubhood (n.) The state of being a cub.
Cubic (a.) Alt. of Cubical
Cubical (a.) Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
Cubical (a.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization.
Cubic (n.) A curve of the third degree.
Cubically (adv.) In a cubical method.
Cubicalness (n.) The quality of being cubical.
Cubicle (n.) A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.